G8KPR South's BEST 2013 Results

Here are the complete results for South's BEST 2013 Gatekeeper:

BEST Award

1^st Place:  Wetumpka High School (War Eagle BEST)

2^nd Place: Fernbank LINKS (Georgia BEST)

3^rd Place:  Wicksburg High School (Tennessee Valley BEST)

Robotics

1^st Place:  DARC (Tennessee Valley BEST)

2^nd Place: Merrol Hyde Magnet School (Music City BEST)

3^rd Place:  Evangel Christian School (Blazer BEST)

Finalist:  Holy Cross School (NOLA BEST)

Middle School Awards

BEST Award – Woodlawn Beach Middle School (Emerald Coast BEST)

Robotics – Evangel Christian School  (Blazer BEST)

BEST Award – Category Winners

Marketing Presentation

1^st Place:  W.P. Davidson High School (Jubilee BEST)

2^nd Place: Starkville High School (Mississippi BEST)

3^rd Place:  Springwood School (War Eagle BEST)

Project Engineering Notebook

1^st Place:  Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School (War Eagle BEST)

2^nd Place: Fyffe High School (Northeast AL BEST)

3^rd Place:  Wetumpka High School (War Eagle BEST)

Team Exhibit and Interview

1^st Place:  Fernbank LINKS (Georgia BEST)

2^nd Place: Wicksburg High School (Wiregrass BEST)

3^rd Place:  DARC (Tennessee Valley BEST)

Spirit and Sportsmanship

1^st Place:  Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School (War Eagle BEST)

2^nd Place: Spain Park High School (Blazer BEST)

3^rd Place:  Oak Mountain High School (Blazer BEST)

Team Exhibit Design and Construction Award

1^st Place:  Lindsay Lane Christian School (Tennessee Valley BEST)

2^nd Place: Brooks High School (Northwest AL BEST)

3^rd Place: Marshall Technical School (Northeast AL BEST)

Special Competition Awards

Founders Award for Creative Design

1^st Place:  Fyffe High School (Northeast AL BEST)

2^nd Place: Hope Academy (Central AL BEST)

3^rd Place:  W.P. Davidson High School (Jubilee BEST)

Neptune Technology Group Most Elegant Robot

1^st Place:  Fernbank LINKS (Georgia BEST)

2^nd Place: Holy Cross (NOLA BEST)

3^rd Place:  Hope Academy (Central AL BEST)

Most Robust Robot

1^st Place:  Fernbank LINKS (Georgia BEST)

2^nd Place: DARC (Tennessee Valley BEST)

3^rd Place:  W.P. Davidson High School (Jubilee BEST)

Most Photogenic Robot

1^st Place:  Fernbank LINKS (Georgia BEST)

2^nd Place: Holy Cross School (NOLA BEST)

3^rd Place:  W.P. Davidson High School (Jubilee BEST)

Team Video

1^st Place:  Starkville Christian Home Educators  (Mississippi BEST)

2^nd Place: Sweet Water High School (Jubilee BEST)

3^rd Place:  Strawberry Crest High School (Florida West Coast BEST)

SolidWorks CAD Design Award

1^st Place:  W.P. Davidson High School (Jubilee BEST)

2^nd Place: Fernbank LINKS (Georgia BEST)

3^rd Place:  Merrol Hyde Magnet School (Music City BEST)

Web page Design

1^st Place:  RCS Engineering (Northwest AL BEST)

2^nd Place: South Forsythe High School (Georgia BEST)

3^rd Place:  DARC (Tennessee Valley BEST)

Game T-shirt Design

1^st Place:  Hope Academy (Central AL BEST)

2^nd Place: Homewood Middle School (Blazer BEST)

3^rd Place:  South Forsythe High School (Georgia BEST)

Best Team Mascot

1^st Place:  Talladega Career Tech Center (Central AL BEST)

2^nd Place: Lindsay Lane Christian Academy (Tennessee Valley BEST)

3^rd Place:  Wicksburg High School (Wiregrass BEST)

Briggs and Stratton South’s BEST Teacher of the Year

Debi Huffman – Fernbank LINKS (Georgia BEST)

Kevin Byrd – Sweet Water High School (Jubilee BEST)

Ashley Brock – Demopolis High School (Shelton State BEST)

Jim Westmoreland Memorial Judges Award

Don Bryant (Retired Teacher, Tallassee High School)

Dr. Virginia Davis (Dept. Chemical Engineering, Auburn University)

South’s BEST Volunteer of the Year

Justin Moses (Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University)

Lucas Hunter (U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command)

The robot rankings will be posted tomorrow.